Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure - 20415 Course Outline

(5 days)Overview
This 5-day instructor-led course provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to plan, design, and implement a Windows 8 desktop infrastructure. The course provides guidance on planning and deploying desktops by using several technologies such as User State Migration Tool (USMT), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and more. Additionally, the course describes how to protect desktops and monitor their health and performance.

Audience Profile
The course is primarily intended for IT Professionals who manage the desktop environments for organizations, and want to specialize in Windows 8 desktop deployments. These IT professionals typically work in complex computing environments of large to enterprise-sized organizations. In addition. the secondary audience for this course includes IT professionals who want to take the 70-415: Implementing an Enterprise Desktop and Device Infrastructure exam as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure certification.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
 Solid understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts
 Solid knowledge of Windows and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)for example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership
 Good understanding of scripts and batch files
 Solid understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization
 Familiarity with the client administration capabilities of Windows Server
 General knowledge of management tools such as System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager.
 Familiarity with imaging, packaging, and operating system deployment concepts
 Familiarity with certificates and Certification Authority (CA) implementation and configuration
 Knowledge equivalent to Windows 2012 MCSA
 Experience administering Windows Server in an environment that typically has the following characteristics:
 2,500 to 50,000 or more users
 Multiple physical locations and multiple domain controllers
 Network services and resources such as messaging, databases, file and print, firewalls, Internet access, an intranet, and client computer management
 Support for Windows 8 client desktops
 Deployment and management of both physical and virtual applications

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
 Assess and determine desktop deployment options.
 Plan an image management strategy.
 Implement desktop security.
 Capture and manage a desktop operating system image.
 Plan and implement User State Migration.
 Plan and deploy desktops by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
 Plan and deploying desktops by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
 Plan and implement a Remote Desktop Services infrastructure.
 Manage user state virtualization for enterprise desktops.
 Plan and implement an updates infrastructure to support enterprise desktops.
 Protect enterprise desktops from malware and data loss.
 Monitoring the performance and health of the desktop infrastructure.

Module 4: Capturing and Managing a Desktop Operating System Image
This module describes how to use the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) and Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to create, capture, and manage a desktop operating system image.
Lessons
 Overview of Windows ADK
 Managing Windows PE
 Building a Reference Image by Using Windows SIM and Sysprep
 Capturing and Servicing a Reference Image
 Configuring and Managing Windows DS
Lab : Preparing the Imaging and the Windows PE Environment
 Installing Windows ADK
 Configuring a Custom Windows PE Environment
Lab : Building a Reference Image by Using Windows SIM and Sysprep
 Building a Custom Answer File Using Windows SIM
 Installing a Reference Computer by Using a Custom Answer File
 Generalizing a Reference Computer by Using Sysprep
Lab : Capturing and Servicing a Reference Image
 Capturing a Reference System Image
 Servicing a Reference System Image
Lab : Configuring and Managing Windows DS
 Planning the Windows Deployment Services Environment
 Installing and Configuring the Windows Deployment Services Server Role
 Capturing a Reference Image by Using Windows DS
 Deploying an Image by Using Windows DS

Module 5: Planning and Implementing User State Migration
This modules describes how to use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) to migrate appropriate user data and settings to a new desktop operating system.
Lessons
 Overview of User State Migration
 Planning User State Migration by Using USMT
 Migrating User State by Using USMT
Lab : Planning and Implementing User State Migration
 Planning for User State Migration
 Creating and Customizing the USMT XML Files
 Capturing and Restoring User State by Using USMT
Lab : Migrating User State by Using Hard-Link Migration
 Performing a Hard-Link Migration by Using USMT

Module 7: Planning and Deploying Desktops by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
This describes how to use System Center 2012 Configuration Manager to implement a zero touch installation for deploying enterprise desktops.
Lessons
 Planning the ZTI Environment
 Preparing the Site for Operating System Deployment
 Building a Reference Image by Using a Configuration Manager Task Sequence
 Deploying Client Images by Using MDT Task Sequences
Lab : Preparing the Environment for Operating System Deployment
 Planning the Operating System Deployment Infrastructure
 Preparing the ZTI Environment
 Configuring the Deployment Packages and System Images
Lab : Performing a Zero-Touch Installation by Using MDT and Configuration Manager
 Performing a ZTI

Module 10: Planning and Implementing an Updates Infrastructure to Support Enterprise Desktops
Students will be able to plan and implement an updates infrastructure to support both physical and virtual enterprise desktops.
Lessons
 Planning an Updates Infrastructure for the Enterprise
 Supporting Software Updates with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
 Managing Updates for Virtual Machines and Images
 Using Windows Intune for Managing Software Updates
Lab : Planning and Implementing an Updates Infrastructure to Support Enterprise Desktops
 Planning an Updates Infrastructure
 Preparing a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Site to Support Software Updates
 Determining Software Update Compliance
 Deploying Software Updates to Clients

Module 12: Monitoring the Performance and Health of the Desktop Infrastructure
This module describes how to identify and monitor relevant services and components to ensure the health and performance of the enterprise desktop infrastructure.
Lessons
 Performance and Health Monitoring for the Desktop Infrastructure
 Monitoring VDI
Lab : Monitoring the Performance and Health of the Desktop Infrastructure
 Configuring Performance and Reliability Monitoring of Desktops
 Configuring Operations Manager for Monitoring Virtual EnvironmentsView outline in Word

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